Mnemonics Worksheet: Part 2 Test
Memory tip (Letters, rhymes and chunks): Acronyms and sentences: first letters, in the same order as the list. Rhymes: listen for the same ending sound. Chunking: same digits, same order, just grouped. Choose the tool: numbers → chunks, lists → acronym or sentence, one fact → rhyme.
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- 1.🔢 You want to remember the number 7296944070. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 729 694 40700 (b) 729 649 4070 (c) 796 944 070 (d) 729 694 4070
- 2.🎵 Finish the memory rhyme: “June, April, September, November too — thirty days each, and that is ___.” (a) clear (b) known (c) right (d) true
- 3.True or false: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult — that is a rhyme. (a) False (b) True
- 4.🔤 VIBGYOR helps you remember… (a) the planets (b) the rainbow colours (c) the months (d) the oceans
- 5.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: mango, flute, apple? (a) Frogs My Aunty (b) My Frogs Aunty (c) Frogs Aunty My (d) Aunty Frogs My
- 6.True or false: seeing a 12-digit number as three groups of 4 — that is chunking. (a) False (b) True
- 7.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for north, east, south, west is “Nani Eat ___ Wise”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Sing (b) Runs (c) Bakes (d) Old
- 8.🔢 You want to remember the number 6311774623. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 631 177 4623 (b) 613 177 4623 (c) 631 177 74623 (d) 631 774 623
- 9.🧰 To learn the 8 planets in order, which method suits best? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) chunking (c) date chunks (d) a times-table rhyme
- 10.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: “Eat Lemons, Pick Apples” for egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) a rhyme (b) chunking (c) a first-letter sentence (d) an acronym
- 11.🔤 An acronym works best for… (a) a picture (b) a list in a fixed order (c) a long story (d) a maths sum
- 12.🔢 Instead of holding 10 separate digits, you hold them as 4 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 13.🔤 “AANSAEA” helps you remember the continents, biggest first. What does letter 4 (S) stand for? (a) Antarctica (b) South America (c) Africa (d) Europe
- 14.🔤 “ECPC” helps you remember the steps of the water cycle. What does letter 2 (C) stand for? (a) collection (b) evaporation (c) condensation (d) precipitation
- 15.🔢 What is chunking? (a) writing it twice (b) splitting into groups (c) reading very fast (d) saying it backwards
- 16.🔤 “JFMA” helps you remember the first four months. What does letter 4 (A) stand for? (a) January (b) March (c) February (d) April
- 17.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the colours of the rainbow, in order: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red? (a) ROYGBIV (b) IVBGYOR (c) VIBGYOR (d) IBGYORV
- 18.🔢 Instead of holding 11 separate digits, you hold them as 3 chunks. How many fewer things do you hold in mind?
- 19.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for kettle, igloo, umpire, wallet, glass is “Kids Ink Up Wise ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) Bunny (c) Grab (d) Runs
- 20.🔤 After making an acronym, what else must you learn? (a) nothing else (b) its spelling backwards (c) what each letter means (d) its colour
- 21.📝 A list to learn, in order: shoe, apple, goat, ladder, van. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) ASGLV (b) AGLVS (c) VLGAS (d) SAGLV
- 22.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for egg, larva, pupa, adult is “Every ___ Pink Aunty”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Eight (b) Yaks (c) Jolly (d) Lazy
- 23.🔢 A 4-digit number is split into chunks of 2 digits each. How many chunks is that?
- 24.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for duck, pencil, ball, jug, apple is “Dogs Pink Big ___ All”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Crazy (b) Vines (c) Bakes (d) Jeeps
- 25.True or false: NESW for the four directions, clockwise — that is chunking. (a) True (b) False
- 26.🎵 Which word does not rhyme with the other three? (a) knee (b) key (c) write (d) sea
- 27.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the life cycle of a butterfly, in order: egg, larva, pupa, adult? (a) APLE (b) ELPA (c) LPAE (d) LEPA
- 28.📅 The digits 11121986 are a date: day, month, year. Which chunking shows the date? (a) 11/1219/86 (b) 111/219/86 (c) 11/12/1986 (d) 1112/19/86
- 29.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: reading 9876543210 as 987 654 3210? (a) chunking (b) an acronym (c) a rhyme (d) a first-letter sentence
- 30.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for January, February, March, April is “Jump ___ Mice Ants”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Dad (b) Frogs (c) Eat (d) Nine
- 31.📝 A list to learn, in order: net, mango, jalebi, fan. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) MJFN (b) MNJF (c) NMJF (d) FJMN
- 32.✏️ Which first-letter sentence is easier to keep? (a) a very long one (b) a dull, plain one (c) a silly, funny one (d) one with no picture
- 33.🔢 You want to remember the number 1971994533. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 197 199 4533 (b) 197 719 94533 (c) 197 199 5433 (d) 197 199 533
- 34.✏️ Your first-letter sentence for orange, banana, spoon, jug is “Owls Bakes Seven ___”. Which word fills the gap? (a) Jolly (b) Love (c) Cats (d) Tea
- 35.🔤 Which acronym helps you remember the steps of the water cycle, in order: evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection? (a) CPCE (b) ECCP (c) ECPC (d) CEPC
- 36.📝 A list to learn, in order: banana, lamp, net, duck, tomato. Which acronym helps you remember it? (a) LNDTB (b) BLNDT (c) LBNDT (d) TDNLB
- 37.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: goat, mango, apple? (a) My Goats Ants (b) My Ants Goats (c) Ants My Goats (d) Goats My Ants
- 38.✏️ Which first-letter sentence helps you remember this list, in order: cat, frog, jug? (a) Cats Funny Jump (b) Jump Funny Cats (c) Funny Jump Cats (d) Funny Cats Jump
- 39.🧰 Which kind of mnemonic is this: saying 1947 as nineteen forty-seven? (a) a first-letter sentence (b) a rhyme (c) an acronym (d) chunking
- 40.🔢 You want to remember the number 460054753594. Which chunked version keeps every digit in the same order? (a) 4600 5475 594 (b) 4600 5475 3594 (c) 6400 5475 3594 (d) 4600 5475 35594
Answer key
- 729 694 4070
- true
- False
- the rainbow colours
- My Frogs Aunty
- True
- Sing
- 631 177 4623
- a first-letter sentence
- a first-letter sentence
- a list in a fixed order
- 6
- South America
- condensation
- splitting into groups
- April
- VIBGYOR
- 8
- Grab
- what each letter means
- SAGLV
- Lazy
- 2
- Jeeps
- False
- write
- ELPA
- 11/12/1986
- chunking
- Frogs
- NMJF
- a silly, funny one
- 197 199 4533
- Jolly
- ECPC
- BLNDT
- Goats My Ants
- Cats Funny Jump
- chunking
- 4600 5475 3594
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